REU Site: Wireless Communications for Rural and Remote Areas

REU 站点：农村和偏远地区的无线通信

• 批准号: 1002577
• 负责人: Richard Wolff
• 金额: $ 33.76万
• 依托单位: Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1002577&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Wireless; Communications; Rural

This three year renewal REU site program at Montana State University (MSU)will provide research experiences for ten undergraduate students. The objectives of the ten week summer program are: 1) to expose undergraduate students to real-world, innovative and interdisciplinary research focused on wireless communications in rural and remote areas; 2) to encourage undergraduates to pursue graduate degrees and careers in engineering; and 3) to develop research skills and improve communication and collaborative skills. To assist in the growth of the undergraduate students each participant will be paired with both a faculty advisor and graduate student research mentor. During the ten week program, students will work on their individual research projects in conjunction with participation in the MATLAB mini-course, workshops and seminars. They will also have opportunities to explore the Bozeman region during scheduled field trips and to participate in social activities with MSU staff and students in the other campus summer undergraduate programs. At the end of the ten weeks, each REU student will be required to submit a written report on his/her research. Students will also present their project results at an on-campus joint poster symposium held in conjuction with other REU programs on the MSU campus. At the symposium students will showcase their results to a few hundred faculty members, research staff, graduate students, other undergraduates, administrator, industry sponsors and other representative. Some excellent final papers will be selected and submitted to major conferences or to major journals for publication.The broader impacts of this REU Site arise from the participation of undergraduate students who are underrepresented minorities in engineering and science. Recruitment efforts will focus on American Indian students, students from regional tribal colleges, and students from Montana colleges and non-intensive colleges from other rural areas with limited resources, as well as women engineering students. The REU program will also engage with the 20-30 high school students who will be on campus doing research through Montana's Apprenticeship Program (MAP). These students come from high schools on Montana's seven American Indian reservations, and they spend 6 weeks at MSU working in research labs. The goal in linking the MAP and the REU program is to show the American Indian high school students what they can expect from a college electrical and computer engineering course and to show them that they can do well in such a course and encourage them to pursue college education.

蒙大拿州立大学（MSU）为期三年的REU更新项目将为10名本科生提供研究经验。这个为期十周的暑期项目的目标是：1)让本科生接触到农村和偏远地区无线通信领域的现实世界、创新和跨学科研究；2)鼓励本科生攻读研究生学位并从事工程方面的职业；3)发展研究技能，提高沟通和协作能力。为了帮助本科生的成长，每个参与者将与教师顾问和研究生研究导师配对。在为期十周的课程中，学生们将在参与MATLAB迷你课程、讲习班和研讨会的同时完成他们的个人研究项目。他们还将有机会在预定的实地考察中探索波兹曼地区，并与密歇根州立大学的员工和其他校园暑期本科课程的学生一起参加社会活动。在十周结束时，每个REU学生将被要求提交一份关于他/她的研究的书面报告。学生们还将在与密歇根州立大学校园内的其他REU项目一起举行的校园联合海报研讨会上展示他们的项目成果。在研讨会上，学生们将向数百名教职员工、研究人员、研究生、其他本科生、管理人员、行业赞助商和其他代表展示他们的研究成果。将选出一些优秀的期末论文提交给主要会议或主要期刊发表。这个REU网站的广泛影响来自工程和科学领域代表性不足的少数民族本科生的参与。招生工作将集中在美国印第安人学生、地区部落学院的学生、蒙大拿学院和其他资源有限的农村地区非强化学院的学生，以及女工程专业学生。REU项目还将与20-30名高中学生合作，他们将通过蒙大拿州的学徒计划（MAP）在校进行研究。这些学生来自蒙大拿州七个美国印第安人保留地的高中，他们在密歇根州立大学的研究实验室工作了六个星期。将MAP和REU项目联系起来的目的是向美国印第安高中生展示他们对大学电气和计算机工程课程的期望，并向他们展示他们可以在这类课程中取得好成绩，并鼓励他们继续接受大学教育。